#1Famous people · Charleston
12 famous people come from Charleston, Kenny Rollins the best known
Articles in 20 languages make the American basketball player Kenny Rollins the best known. Janie Bradford and Ricky Frazier follow. 6 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list comes to 26.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical town in Missouri.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Kenny Rollins
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
James Boon Lankershim
Youngest
1958
Ricky Frazier
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Charleston
Ranked by languages covered: Kenny Rollins with 20, then Janie Bradford with 4 and Ricky Frazier with 4.
#1JB#2
RF#3
Through the years
When Charleston’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicNotableWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Charleston is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 5 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Charleston
Another 9, the earliest born in 1850.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Charleston and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Kenny Rollins: Acdixon, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Breckenridge Faris: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Boon Lankershim: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons